How to Create a Real Christmas Tree Smell

Are you the type of person that doesn't like the hassle of purchasing a fresh cut Christmas tree and having the pine needles all around the house and taking months to get them 100% cleaned up and has an artificial pre-lit tree that you can put together and decorate for Christmas each year, but miss that real Christmas tree smell that you get with a fresh cut Christmas tree. Here are some great ways to create a real Christmas tree smell in your home during the holidays

How to create a real Christmas tree smell: Potpourri

You can create a real Christmas tree smell by placing potpourri around your home. Yankee Scents has a wonderful winter pine potpourri that will turn your home into feeling like your are out in the mountains smelling the scent of pine trees. The cost of winter pine potpourri from Yankee scents is $10.89 for a 9-10 ounce bag, approximately 8-10 cups of potpourri plus you will receive ½ ounce of the pine potpourri oil. They also have a 1-pound bag, approximately 12-15 cups of potpourri plus a 1-ounce of oil for $17 plus applicable shipping costs.

How to create a real Christmas tree smell: Potpourri ornaments

You can create a real Christmas tree smell by making potpourri ornaments for your artificial Christmas tree. This is a fun project that you can make by yourself or make with your family. Christmas potpourri ornaments are very simple to make. Mix 1 cup of flour, ½ cup of salt, 1 cup of your pine potpourri, 1/3 to ½ cup of water and Christmas tree cookie cutters. After you mix all of these ingredients together, you will want to refrigerate the mixture for 10 minutes. Flatten the dough out on slightly floured wax paper with your rolling pin. Use your cookie cutters and cut out different Christmas shapes for your Christmas potpourri ornaments. Punch a hole in each and dry overnight. Take a pretty holiday think ribbon and thread through the hole and hang around your Christmas tree so you can create a real Christmas tree smell around your home.

How to create a real Christmas tree smell: Scented candles

Yankee Candles has a Christmas tree fragrance that has the familiar pine with crisp eucalyptus scent to fill your house with that Christmas tree smell. The candle has pure, natural extracts. Yankee Candles are very high quality candles that are easy to use to provide hours of the true Christmas tree fragrance throughout your home. The cost of a large candle is $24.99 plus applicable shipping charges.

How to create a real Christmas tree smell: Fresh Christmas wreath or Pine sprigs

Another simple way to get that fresh-cut Christmas tree is to hang a fresh-cut Christmas wreath somewhere inside or cut some fresh cut pine and place them on your fireplace mantel. You can purchase some fresh cut Christmas wreaths on the Alpine Farms website. This will give you that fresh-cut Christmas tree scent in your home that is perfect for the holidays.

Sources and Resources:

http://www.yankeescents.com/winterpine.htm

http://www.yankeecandle.com/cgi-bin/ycbvp/product_detail.jsp?oid=6743733

http://www.alpinefarms.com/

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